Carlene Foster's Gallery : Stripes, 100% Cottonhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/g/carlene_foster/tags/Stripes/100_2500_+Cotton/default.aspxTags: Stripes, 100% CottonenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)Tumalo Trail (another Bonnie Hunter pattern)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/686838.aspxSun, 26 Oct 2014 15:24:27 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:686838Carlene Foster1<p>Tumalo Trail pattern is contained in Scraps and Shirttails II, by Bonnie K. Hunter.&nbsp; I made mine one row longer and made the piano keys 6 inches long, instead of 5 inches.&nbsp; The dimensions on mine wer 95 x 75 when finished.&nbsp; A great way to use those 1.5 inch strips and squares leftover from previous projects.&nbsp; This one took an additional 54 matching 4x4 squares to make the half square triangles in the block design.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had lots of singular little pieces, but you can strip piece the 9 patch components if you don&#39;t have the tiny pieces.</p>Pineapple delighthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/686836.aspxSun, 26 Oct 2014 15:13:55 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:686836Carlene Foster2<p>I&#39;m also referring to this as waste not, want not stitching.&nbsp; Paper pieced blocks measured 6.5 x 6.5 unfinished.&nbsp; There were 20 pieces per block.&nbsp; Plus sashings, plus the little 1.5 inch squares to separate the sashings.&nbsp; By the time I got this many blocks completed, I decided I could live with a laptop size. :)&nbsp; I also could live with using some already cut border fabric left over from another project.&nbsp; I just love bright and cheery quilts.</p>Triple Irish Chain- scrappy (what else could it be?)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/588968.aspxTue, 12 Nov 2013 19:07:36 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:588968Carlene Foster3<p>I always had the Irish Chain quilt on my bucket lists.&nbsp; During my 16 days of thumb twiddling during the go&#39;t shut down, I dug into my stash of 2x2 squares.&nbsp; This was the third and final project until my sack of squares is full again.&nbsp; I started with a 2 1/2 gallon ziplock bag of 2x2 squares that I have saved for a few years now (I could tell by the vintage of some of the fabrics that it has been at least 10 years for some of them to be used).&nbsp; I am now down to one sandwich bag full, so I&#39;ll have to do some more projects not involving scraps before I&#39;ll be back into the 2x2 scrappy quilt bases. :)&nbsp; This is actually 2 quilt blocks, one of which is a 7x7 grid with the light colors making an x through the center and then one in the center of each outer side.&nbsp; The second block started with an 8 1/2 inch square, 4&nbsp; 4 3/4 inch strips, and 20 2x2 squares.&nbsp; I had the border fabric in my stash, as well as the dark green sashing.&nbsp; So, one more quilt top from what most would have thrown out&nbsp; for scrap.</p>Scrapalicious #2http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/581812.aspxWed, 16 Oct 2013 16:16:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:581812Carlene Foster9<p>I was given a kitchen size garbage bag full of scraps over the weekend.&nbsp; So, once again, I am abundant in scraps to create with.&nbsp; (Sad part of this is, this is the first time someone has added to my own scrap pile. :))&nbsp; This is another Bonnie Hunter pattern called &quot;Cathedral Stars&quot;.&nbsp; I&#39;m definitely a fan of hers, since I still posess an abundance of 2x2 squares.&nbsp; I had one yard of the red and one yard of the black in my stash for the pieced center.&nbsp; The black setting triangles were out of the donated scraps (I had to substitute 2 of the setting triangles from my black stash), the blue outer border was a yard from my stash, which I had to add a piece of similar color value fabric from the stars to complete the border.&nbsp; The red inner border is from the same yard that I used in the piece center.&nbsp; &nbsp;No one will ever have one quite like this one.&nbsp; That might be a good thing.&nbsp; </p>Scrapalicioushttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/579688.aspxWed, 09 Oct 2013 13:04:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:579688Carlene Foster8<p>One would think that I would eventually run out of scraps.&nbsp; I have found they are like a batch of pennies in the bottom of a woman&#39;s purse....put them in a dark place, out of sight, out of mind, and they multiply!!!!!!!!&nbsp; So, I have been scouring Bonnie Hunter&#39;s free patterns to see what kind of scrap quilt catches my fancy today.&nbsp; This is the &quot;16 Patch and Pinwheels&quot; pattern.&nbsp; Mine is 15x15, which makes it 90 x 90 without any additional borders.&nbsp; Unfortunately (or fortunately, however you look at it) I have barely put a dent in my 2 x 2 bag of scraps.&nbsp; I&#39;m looking for another to work on now. :)&nbsp; To border or not to border this quilt remains a decision for another day. :)</p>Quilt as you go scrappyhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/561766.aspxSun, 18 Aug 2013 14:04:56 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:561766Carlene Foster3<p>I cannot throw fabric scraps away.&nbsp; Large or small, I have a compulsive need to use them in something.......anything.&nbsp; So, from past projects, I had this bunch of baggies full of half square triangle pieces that needed a home.&nbsp; This lead to the centers of these blocks.&nbsp; The outside of each block is composed of slightly orphaned 2.5&quot; strips....you know...the ones that are one of a kind and not quite 42&quot;?&nbsp; The blocks themselves are 10.5 x 10.5.&nbsp; I have 4 left over for cornerstones, and had enough for a 6 x 6 block grid.&nbsp; I also found some beige, marbled fabric for the border....just enough to do the job, not enough to leave me more scraps to deal with.&nbsp; The backing....some really busy Celtic knot fabric that was a sale too good to pass up about 3 years ago, and because the price was right, I got lots of it....like 6 yards.&nbsp; I am definitely putting a dent in that piece.&nbsp; So, from a little bit of nothing, this is what happened.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#39;m happy, and someone will be warm under it. :)</p>One block wonderhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/530731.aspxSat, 13 Apr 2013 13:03:26 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:530731Carlene Foster1<p>This is a repeat of the same star block, just by using different corner pieces, they look totally different.&nbsp; Of course, it is me, so it is still scrappy.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; The small sashings bring your eyes out so that it looks like one star is framed in the middle of a bunch of x&#39;s.&nbsp; I just thought that was the appeal to this pattern...starting with one thing and ending up with something that appears much more complex than it is.&nbsp; Downfall to this pattern was that it called for 2 5/8 inch squares for the outer corners, and I was using scraps from 2 1/2 inch strips, so I lost most of my star points in the process.&nbsp; Even rounded off, I like them (although it obviously bugs me).</p>Marti Michel's Wild Rose BOMhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/457671.aspxMon, 12 Nov 2012 15:45:38 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:457671Carlene Foster3<p>This was the first BOM program I ever did.&nbsp; And, it was my first experience with Marti Michel&#39;s templates....which I have absolutely grown to love.&nbsp; I thought this fabric was soooooooooooo much a have to have because it still strikes me as being so feminine and beautiful.&nbsp; Two of my latest quilts were an effort to use up the additional fabric I had purchased from this line...when I like something, I tend to purchase in bulk, so it seems.&nbsp; I am proud to say my 3 large bags of fabric now fit into one bag.&nbsp; The color choices are waining, and soon there will only be a few scrapts to add to other quilts in the making.&nbsp; I still love this quilt, though.</p>Iowa Star Scrap Quilthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/457660.aspxMon, 12 Nov 2012 15:25:22 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:457660Carlene Foster6<p>This was a pattern created by a native of Traer, Iowa.&nbsp; This is just up the road from my sister&#39;s house, and I didn&#39;t even know there was a quilt shop so close to her...guess where I am stopping my next trip?&nbsp; This is the kind of quilt you do when the partiallly used fq&#39;s and the scraps outnumber the full pieces.&nbsp; It used a lot of scraps, and a lot of those fq&#39;s that I just didn&#39;t know how I was going to use them anywhere...ever.&nbsp; Loved the effect....and there will never be another one exactly like this one...ever.&nbsp; Next one I make, I will keep the neutrals very light and not use so much yellow on a focal block.</p>Roll Roll Cotton Boll Pattern by Bonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/311806.aspxThu, 12 Jan 2012 01:35:38 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:311806Carlene Foster12<p>Someone asked if I have done a Bonnie Hunter quilt before.........this was my first one.&nbsp; I have to say, when I hit about step 7 and was told I was going to be making 600 half square triangles, I about choked.&nbsp; However, I endured the excercise.......I mean, afterall, the first rule of a Bunnie Hunter quilt is &quot;NO WHINING&quot;!&nbsp; LOL&nbsp; I love scrappy quilts.&nbsp; </p>Orca Bay Mystery Quilt 2011http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/310186.aspxSun, 08 Jan 2012 14:57:55 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:310186Carlene Foster12<p>Bonnie K. Hunter&#39;s Orca Bay Mystery Quilt ran from Thanksgiving 2011 through January 1, 2012.&nbsp; This is my finished quilt top.&nbsp; Once again, Bonnie walked a group of quilters of various skills through a complex pattern by breaking it into managable steps.&nbsp; For me, the twist came at the end with those black/white border pieces...I never would have guessed that was what those were for.&nbsp; I was trying to put them around the Ohio Star units and thinking that the red string blocks would be around the border somehow.&nbsp; The biggest challenge I had putting the top itself together was those blue string blocks....if they weren&#39;t placed properly, the flow of the pattern just died in place.&nbsp; There are some of those that got removed and replaced at least 3 times, some 4.&nbsp; I blame it on quilt dyslexia. :)</p>Bull Run Nine Patchhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/292345.aspxSun, 04 Dec 2011 16:38:47 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:292345Carlene Foster6<p>The Bull Run Nine Patch pattern ran in the Quiltmaker September/October 2010 issue.&nbsp; I don&#39;t enjoy doing applique, although I enjoy seeing what other people do with it, and I do not have an embroidery machine, so I also don&#39;t want to undertake this little joyous hand stitching adventure.&nbsp; To compensate, I blew my pattern out one more repeat and then did the feather quilting around the edge.&nbsp; I like mine and it wasn&#39;t as fussy as the published one was.</p>